Plumbing and heating

Every plumbing and heating call answered, from the 2 a.m. burst pipe to the 5 p.m. water heater quote.

An AI answering service for plumbers, drain crews and boiler techs. Riley answers calls that reach our line within two rings, sends the flood to your on-call tech, and books the rest into your board. Month to month, cancel any time.

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Calls that reach our line, answered in two ringsLive within 7 business days of kickoff30-day money-back on Get Answered's first month
Copperwick Plumbing & HeatingIncoming · mobile
Answered

Thanks for calling Copperwick Plumbing and Heating. I'm Riley, the AI assistant, and this call is recorded. How can I help?

My water heater's leaking. There's water all over the basement floor.

Let's get that under control first. Is anyone hurt, and is the water near any outlets or the electrical panel?

No, it's just on the floor.

Okay. There's a cold-water shut-off on the pipe going into the top of the tank. Turn it clockwise until it stops. If you can't find it, the main shut-off is usually where the water line comes into the house.

Okay... it's off.

Good. Is it a gas or an electric water heater?

Gas. It's a 50-gallon tank, maybe twelve years old.

Got it. Can I get your name and the address?

Dana Ruiz, 41 Harbour Street.

Thanks, Dana. Our after-hours call-out fee applies tonight, and the tech quotes the repair on site before any work starts. Do you want someone tonight, or the first slot in the morning at the regular rate?

Tonight, please.

I'm connecting you to our on-call technician now. If they don't pick up, they'll call you back at this number within ten minutes.

Live transfer to the on-call tech. Dana gets a text saying the on-call tech has her request and will call within 10 minutes. The owner gets: "URGENT · 50-gal gas tank leaking · water shut off · 41 Harbour St · transferred to on-call 9:15 PM."

Riley · AI receptionist

Scripted sample. Names are made up.

Call types

The calls a plumbing and heating shop gets, and what Riley does with each

Your rules decide the action. This is a typical setup. Urgent calls go live to your on-call tech; if nobody picks up, the tech gets a text and the caller gets your first slot. Sales calls, recruiters and robocalls get a polite goodbye and a log line, not a transfer.

CallWhat it sounds likeWhat Riley does
Burst pipe, leaking tank or sewage rising"Water's pouring out under the kitchen sink and I can't find the shut-off."transfers
Gas smell or CO alarm"I think I smell gas near the furnace."tells them to call 911
No hot water"No hot water since this morning. The pilot light won't stay lit."books
Slow or backed-up drain"The basement floor drain backs up every time we run the washer."books
Water heater replacement or repipe quote"My tank's fifteen years old and the water's lukewarm. What does a new one run?"books
Warranty call-back or 'where's my tech?'"You put in my sump pump in March and it's not kicking on."takes a message
Step by step

A no-heat call, second by second

The heating side of the shop. 1:50 a.m., January. The boiler's stopped and the house is getting cold.

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0:00

Riley picks up

"Thanks for calling Copperwick Plumbing and Heating. I'm Riley, the AI assistant, and this call is recorded." The caller says the boiler quit and the rads are cold.

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0:08

Safety first

"Is a carbon monoxide alarm going off, or is there any smell of gas?" A yes ends the intake: leave the house, call 911 or the gas company from outside. A no moves on.

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0:18

Your routing question

"Is anyone in the house elderly, a baby, or at risk from the cold?" This is a rule you chose, not medical advice. Some shops roll on every no-heat call overnight. Others only when someone's at risk.

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0:30

The choice you approved

"You can have a tech tonight at the emergency call-out rate, or I can book you first thing at 7 a.m. at the regular rate." Riley quotes the exact fee from your sheet and offers only the options you opened, never a window you didn't.

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0:45

Name, address, number

Read back every time. If the caller's on a cell, Riley confirms it's the number to call back.

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0:58

Transfer or book

Tonight means a live transfer to the on-call tech. Morning means the 7 a.m. slot in your calendar and a confirmation text to the caller.

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1:10

Your text lands

"NO HEAT · boiler · no CO, no gas smell · 2 adults, nobody at risk · booked 7 a.m. · regular rate." The recording and transcript are waiting for you before you wake up.

The rules

Rules it follows on a plumbing and heating line

A specialist writes them with you at kickoff. Riley reads them word for word, on every call, at 2 p.m. and at 2 a.m.

Gas smell or CO alarm: one script, every timeLeave the house with everyone in it. Don't touch light switches. Call 911 or your gas company from outside. Then Riley alerts your on-call tech. It never tells anyone to relight a pilot, reset a gas valve or sniff around the line. The wording follows what gas utilities, the CPSC and Health Canada tell the public.
Water near electricsIf water is near lights, outlets or the panel, Riley says stay clear. If it has reached them, or anyone's in danger, the caller is told to hang up and call 911 first. Then Riley alerts your on-call tech. It gives no electrical instructions.
Floods and sewage go to a personA burst pipe, a leaking tank or sewage rising is urgent. Riley live-transfers to your on-call tech. If nobody picks up, the tech gets a text with the address and the problem, and the caller gets your first slot and a callback time you approved.
Shut-off instructions: yours, word for word, or noneSome owners want Riley to walk a caller to the cold-water valve on the tank. Some want nothing but "we're on our way." You pick the wording. It doesn't improvise.
Prices only from your sheetService call, after-hours, weekend and holiday fees, if you give them. For everything else: "The tech quotes on site before any work starts." It never guesses what a repipe or a tankless costs.
Gas tickets, licences and permits are messages"Is your guy gas-certified?" and "Do I need a permit for the new line?" get a polite "I'll have the office call you," plus a text to you. Your office answers licensing questions, not the receptionist.
Rental tanks: ask firstRiley asks who owns the water heater before booking work on it. If it's a rental company's tank, it follows your rule, which is usually to point the caller to the rental company.
Winter rules when the freeze hitsTell us to switch on the cold-snap script. Burst pipes, frozen lines and no-heat calls jump the queue. Routine drains go to the days you open. It never promises a time you didn't.
911 first, every timeAnyone in danger is told to hang up and call 911 first, because 911 sends fire, police and ambulance. Then you get a text with everything the caller said.
Sources
  1. Enbridge Gas, If you smell gas enbridgegas.com · 2026-10-01
  2. US CPSC, Carbon Monoxide Information Center cpsc.gov · 2026-10-01
  3. Health Canada, Keep carbon monoxide out of your home canada.ca · 2026-10-01
After the call

The follow-up, in texts.

Two texts go out after the 9:14 p.m. call: one to Dana, one to you. We register your business with the carriers (A2P 10DLC in the US), so these texts reach phones.

  • 9:15 PMCopperwick Plumbing & Heating: Dana, our on-call tech Marco has your request for 41 Harbour St and will call you within 10 minutes. Keep the cold-water valve off until he's there. Reply STOP to opt out.
  • 9:16 PMThanks. Water's stopped.
  • 9:16 PMOwner summary · URGENT · Dana Ruiz · 41 Harbour St · 50-gal gas tank leaking, about 12 yrs old · cold water shut off · wants tonight · after-hours fee quoted · live transfer to Marco: answered · recording and transcript attached.
  • 9:18 PMGot it. Marco's rolling.

Scripted sample. Names are made up.

Your businessText · via Valistix

Copperwick Plumbing & Heating: Dana, our on-call tech Marco has your request for 41 Harbour St and will call you within 10 minutes. Keep the cold-water valve off until he's there. Reply STOP to opt out.

Thanks. Water's stopped.

Owner summary · URGENT · Dana Ruiz · 41 Harbour St · 50-gal gas tank leaking, about 12 yrs old · cold water shut off · wants tonight · after-hours fee quoted · live transfer to Marco: answered · recording and transcript attached.

Got it. Marco's rolling.

Follow-up · automatic

Scripted sample. Names are made up.

What you get

Beyond the phone: get found, get booked

Get Answered picks up the call. Get Found and Get Booked make the phone ring, and CRM links keep your board full.

A website built for the 9 p.m. search

Click-to-call in the first screen, then your services: drain cleaning, water heaters, tankless, sewer and camera, sump pumps, gas lines, boilers, repipes, each with room for its own page. Honest hours: "Calls answered 24/7; emergency service [your hours]." Hosting, security and care come with it, and the site is yours once it's paid for. Part of Get Found.

Local SEO and your Google profile

"Plumber near me" and "[city] water heater replacement" are won on Google Maps. We set your primary category, services and real photos, clean up your listings, and time posts to the freeze in winter and the drain season in summer. Local SEO every month, and a monthly report on where you show up and what it brought in.

Ads for the emergency and the planned job

Google Search and Local Services Ads for emergency intent. Meta for planned work like tankless swaps and repipes. Every call and form tracked to the ad that brought it, weekly optimization, and a report on what you spent, what rang and what booked. With Riley answering, every ad call that reaches our line is picked up within two rings, day or night. See Get Booked.

Your board, your way

Riley books into your calendar or scheduling tool, and CRM links, in the bigger sizes, connect it to the software you run, Jobber, Housecall Pro or ServiceTitan, set up at kickoff. Every booking lands with the caller's name, address, number and the job.

Your rules

What you control, and what it never does

Two lists, written at kickoff, changed any time by email.

What you control

  • Your script, word for word, including the greeting after the AI notice
  • Which fees it may quote: service call, after-hours, weekend, holiday
  • What counts as an emergency and who's on call each week
  • The shut-off instructions it reads, or none
  • Your service area and the jobs you don't do: commercial, septic, new construction
  • Which windows it may book, and which need a request to your office first
  • Winter rules and regular rules, switched when you say
  • A second language, Spanish or French

What it never does

  • Pretend to be a person. It says it's an AI in the greeting and whenever asked.
  • Guess a price or promise a time you didn't approve.
  • Tell a caller to relight a pilot, reset a gas valve or touch wiring.
  • Book work on a rental tank without asking who owns it.
  • Place outbound sales calls. It calls back only people who asked.
  • Text anyone who didn't call you, or anyone who replied STOP.
Step by step

What your setup fee builds, item by item

One time, charged at signing with your first month. It pays for the whole build, done for you by one of our specialists, so your receptionist sounds like part of the shop from its very first call.

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A script written for your business

One of our specialists writes your receptionist's script from your kickoff call: how it greets your callers, what it asks, and what it says on every kind of call, from the 2 a.m. burst pipe to the water heater quote. You approve it before it answers a single call.

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Your call flows and emergency rules

Who gets a live transfer and when, what counts as urgent (a flood, sewage rising, a no-heat night with someone at risk), when it tells a caller to hang up and call 911, and when it takes a message and texts you.

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Your price sheet and answers, from your own information

Your hours, services, prices (service call, after-hours, weekend and holiday fees) and the questions your customers ask most, built in so it quotes what you gave it and never guesses.

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Calendar and booking, connected

Booking set up in your calendar or scheduling tool, connected at kickoff, so it books the job while the caller is still on the line.

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Number forwarding, set up with you

We give you the number to forward to and set it up with you, on busy, on no answer or after hours, from your office line or your cell. Your number stays yours, and you can un-forward it in a minute.

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Text-message registration with the carriers

We file your business details with the carriers (A2P 10DLC in the US), so confirmations and summaries reach phones.

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Voice and greeting, tuned to you

A greeting that answers with your shop's name, says it is an AI and that the call is recorded, and sounds right for a plumbing and heating shop.

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Test calls before go-live

It is built and tested on our line, and you hear it on test calls before your callers do.

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The go-live checklist

Everything checked before your first live call: script approved, test calls passed, forwarding on, booking connected.

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The Seven Days promise behind it

Live within 7 business days of your kickoff call, or, if the delay is ours, the Get Answered setup fee comes back.

For a plumbing and heating shop

Three stages. Start with the one you need most.

For a plumbing and heating shop, we usually recommend starting with Get Answered, because the burst pipe at 2 a.m. books whoever picks up. Then Get Found and Get Booked bring more of those calls in. One of our specialists matches each stage to your shop on a short call.

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Get Found

Be the one they find.

A site with click-to-call up top and a page for each service, and a Google profile built for "plumber near me".

  • A website built to make the phone ring.
  • Your Google profile and reviews working for you.
  • Your listings cleaned up.
  • Local SEO every month.
  • A monthly report on where you show up and what it brought in.

Local SEO every month in the bigger sizes, with listings cleaned up everywhere and local link outreach in the biggest.

Comes in three sizes, matched to your business on a short call.

See if it fits my business, Get Found
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Get Answered

Every call answered, day and night.

Floods go live to your on-call tech, the rest land on your board, and water heater quotes that went quiet get a follow-up.

  • An AI receptionist on the number you already have.
  • Answers 24/7 with your business name and follows your script.
  • Books the job into your calendar.
  • Sends the customer a confirmation by text and email.
  • Puts urgent calls through.
  • Texts and emails you a summary after every call.

Hang-up text back, follow-up, website chat, review follow-up and CRM links in the bigger sizes.

Comes in three sizes, matched to your call volume on a short call.

See if it fits my business, Get Answered
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Get Booked

More calls, starting now.

Google Search and Local Services for the emergency, Meta for planned work like tankless swaps and repipes.

  • Ads and marketing built for your business.
  • Google, Local Services, Microsoft and Meta, chosen for your market.
  • Landing pages built for your campaigns.
  • Every call and form tracked.
  • Weekly optimization.
  • A monthly report on what you spent, what rang and what booked.
  • Ad spend goes straight from your card to the platform.

From one channel up to all four; landing pages, form tracking and weekly optimization in the bigger sizes, and retargeting in the biggest.

Comes in three sizes, matched to how fast you want to grow.

See if it fits my business, Get Booked

Tell us what you need

Need all three, several locations, or something specific?

Tell us what you need and we'll build the plan.

Several trucks, several towns, or all three at once? We'll build it around your shop.

Help me chooseNot sure where to start? Five quick questions, about a minute.
Canada and the US

Canada and the US, on one page

Canada Billed in C$

  • Billed in C$, at the price on your Order Form. No tax added today; if we're required to register for GST/HST, it's added from the date the law requires.
  • Gas work is licensed work. If a caller asks whether your tech holds a gas ticket, or what licence a job needs, Riley takes a message. Your office answers licensing questions, not the receptionist.
  • Rental water heaters are common in parts of Canada. Riley asks who owns the tank before booking any work on it.
  • French as a second language, set up at kickoff. We serve shops in every province except Quebec.
  • Texts follow CASL: confirmations to people who called you, a STOP line on every message, and review requests only where consent allows.
  • Winter hits harder here. Ask us to set up the cold-snap script before the first freeze.

United States Billed in US$

  • Billed in US$, at the price on your Order Form. Payments by card, processed by Stripe.
  • Licensing is state by state. Some states, California for one, require your licence number in every ad. We check your state's rules at kickoff and put the number where it belongs.
  • Spanish as a second language, set up at kickoff.
  • We register your business with the carriers for A2P 10DLC at setup, so your confirmations and summaries reach phones.
  • Emergency wording is the same everywhere: a gas smell or CO alarm means leave and call 911 or your gas utility from outside. Your utility's number goes in your script.
  • The recording notice in every greeting covers the states where everyone on the call must agree to a recording.
Straight answers

Questions plumbing and heating owners ask

What does it do with a burst pipe at 2 a.m.?

It follows your rules. Riley gives the shut-off instruction you approved, takes the name, address and number, and transfers the call live to your on-call tech. If nobody picks up, the tech gets a text with the details and the caller gets your first slot and a callback time you set. Anyone in danger is told to hang up and call 911 first.

What happens if someone smells gas or a CO alarm goes off?

One fixed script, every time: leave the house with everyone in it, don't touch light switches, and call 911 or the gas company from outside. Then Riley alerts your on-call tech. It never tells anyone to relight a pilot or check a gas line.

Will it quote prices?

Only the prices you give it, such as your service call and after-hours fees. For everything else it says the tech quotes on site before any work starts. It never guesses a price or promises a time you didn't approve.

Does it handle the heating side too: boilers, rads, no-heat calls?

Yes. No-heat calls get the same safety check for gas smell and CO, your routing question about who's in the house, and the choice you approved: tonight at the emergency rate or first thing at the regular rate. Furnace and air conditioning shops have their own page.

Does it work with Jobber, Housecall Pro or ServiceTitan?

Yes. Riley books into your calendar, and CRM links, in the bigger sizes, connect it to Jobber, Housecall Pro or ServiceTitan, set up at kickoff. Your office also gets each booking by text and email, with the caller's details, ready for the board.

I run the business from my cell phone. Does that work?

Yes. Your carrier forwards calls to Riley when you're busy or don't answer, so your phone still rings first; after hours you can forward every call. We set it up with you on the kickoff call, and you can turn forwarding off from your phone in a minute. The two rings count from when the call reaches our line.

What does it cost?

Each stage comes in three sizes, and your price is matched to your business on a short call or by email. You see it in writing on a one-page Order Form before you sign, and every monthly service is month to month.

Is there a contract?

No long-term contract and no minimum term. You sign a one-page Order Form, every monthly service is month to month, and you can cancel any time by email before your next billing date. Your service runs to the end of the month you've already paid for.

What's refundable?

On Get Answered, your first month is money-back: within 30 days of go-live, email us and the first month's plan fee comes back. No form, no argument. If your receptionist isn't live within 7 business days of kickoff and the delay is ours, your Get Answered setup fee comes back. One refund, not two: if that setup fee comes back under Seven days, Thirty days doesn't also apply. The first half of a website build comes back in full if you cancel in writing before design starts. Otherwise setup fees, monthly fees, add-ons, projects and extra minutes are not refunded.

What does the setup fee cover?

The whole build, done for you, one time. One of our specialists writes your script from your kickoff call and you approve it before it answers a single call. The setup also covers your call flows and emergency rules, your price sheet and answers from your own information, calendar and booking connected, number forwarding set up with you, text-message registration with the carriers where texting is used, your voice and greeting, test calls before go-live, and the go-live checklist. It's charged once, at signing with your first month, and the Seven Days promise stands behind it: live within 7 business days of kickoff, or, if the delay is ours, the Get Answered setup fee comes back.

Your fix-list call · 15 to 30 minutes

Hear it answer as your plumbing company.

15 to 30 minutes on video with one of our specialists. Nothing to prepare. You'll hear Riley answer with your business name, and you get the written fix list either way. Live within 7 business days of kickoff. No long-term contract. No minimum term. Cancel any time. 30-day money-back on your first month of Get Answered. Or call (866) 413-5421 now and say you're a plumber.

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15 to 30 minutes on Google Meet.

Or call (866) 413-5421
What happens on the call
  1. We build a receptionist that answers with your business name. You dial it from your own phone and hear it book a job.
  2. We search for your business the way a customer would and show you who's above you.
  3. You get the written list, whether or not you hire us.
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